Roy,
These are the facts from an interview with Robert Williams a former tax analyst at the CBO appearing on NPR, (who I think you’ll agree is not exactly a “right leaning” organization):
“SIEGEL: Now, let’s look at this from the other end. If we take the higher income taxpayers, how much of the income tax do the taxpayers with the highest incomes pay?
Mr. WILLIAMS: Well, if we take a look at people with incomes, say, over $500,000. That’s about one percent of all Americans. And the total share of taxes that they pay is about 24 percent. They have about 16 percent, 17 percent of income. They pay about half again that much share of taxes.
SIEGEL: And if we looked at, say, the top 20 percent, the top fifth of all incomes in the U.S., who would that be and how much do they pay?
Mr. WILLIAMS: The top fifth starts a little bit above $100,000. That group makes about 56 percent of all income and pay about 70 percent of all taxes.”
Stop with the “class warfare” rhetoric. TRUTH has no agenda.

Roy,
These are the facts from an interview with Robert Williams a former tax analyst at the CBO appearing on NPR, (who I think you’ll agree is not exactly a “right leaning” organization):
“SIEGEL: Now, let’s look at this from the other end. If we take the higher income taxpayers, how much of the income tax do the taxpayers with the highest incomes pay?
Mr. WILLIAMS: Well, if we take a look at people with incomes, say, over $500,000. That’s about one percent of all Americans. And the total share of taxes that they pay is about 24 percent. They have about 16 percent, 17 percent of income. They pay about half again that much share of taxes.
SIEGEL: And if we looked at, say, the top 20 percent, the top fifth of all incomes in the U.S., who would that be and how much do they pay?
Mr. WILLIAMS: The top fifth starts a little bit above $100,000. That group makes about 56 percent of all income and pay about 70 percent of all taxes.”
Stop with the “class warfare” rhetoric. TRUTH has no agenda.

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